Was Roman Concrete Especially Durable Or Is Modern Concrete Exceptionally Crappy
There is the famous scene in Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” where Reg asks, “What did the Romans give us?” A commando responds, “The aqueduct?” After some back and forth, Reg asks, “All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a freshwater system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” Apparently, we can add durable concrete to the list....